Police academy graduate gets scholarship
A $4,000 scholarship was presented to Chase Taylor, middle, of Donora, who graduated with the first full-time IUP Police Acadamy class held at California University of Pennsylvania. The scholarship, created at the suggestion of former County Commissioner J. Bracken Burns, seeks to promote diversity in community policing. The money used for the scholarship is that obtained by forfeiture funds. The scholarship was presented by, from left, Burns; Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone; California University President Geraldine M. Jones; and Dr. Michael Hummel, director of the police academy program at California University.